Hello, my name is FRANCINE IT and I'm 32 years old and currently living in Ghana. I am a native French speaker and teach Chinese Mandarin, French. I have been an online Chinese Mandarin teacher with Verbalplanet.com since January 2016.
I can speak the following languages fluently: French, Chinese Mandarin, English, Italian, Spanish.
I am currently offering a discounted initial trial lesson at 80% of my normal lesson price for new students.

FRANCINE IT

Detailed Profile in English

About me

Hello everyone!

My name is Francine from France, Paris and currently living in Wuhan, in China for nearly 9 years now. I'm a native French speaker also can speak English/Chinese and some basic Spanish/Italian. I've a Bachelor and a Master's Degree in Chinese. I teach French/Chinese online and offline and also work as a freelancer translator/interpreter from English/Chinese into French online/offline. I teach children from 5 years to adults. French from A0 to C2 level (7 years experiences) and Chinese from A0 to B2 level (4 years experiences). I'm patient, friendly, flexible and speak slowly. If you want to learn French/Chinese or improve your skills for any purpose don't hesitate to try my lessons and I will be happy to help you to achieve your learning goal and becoming fluent and confident speaker. I'm passionate about learning languages and I love teaching French/Chinese and seeing my students improving lesson by lesson.

For any questions please contact me by message!

Qualifications & Experience

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Chinese and a Master's Degree in English. I'm a certified TEFL holder since 2015 and Chinese New HSK since 2016.

I'm an experienced French teacher online/offline for 7 years, also a freelancer translator online/offline from English or Chinese into French with 5 years experience.

I've been teaching Chinese Mandarin online from Beginner to Intermediate for 4 years.

I've been teaching students of all levels and ages, children (5 -12), teenagers (13 -17) and adults from Beginners to Advanced levels, and my students come from different countries. It offers me a great opportunity to get to know people from different cultures and also helps me to understand the needs of different students, and offer a suitable plan to help students achieve their goals.

In addition to tutoring, I also have the valuable experience of being a recent online language student. As I've studied Spanish and Italian on my own way, I have gained first-hand knowledge of being a learner! Seeing both the teacher and student perspectives has broadened my point of view and given me an understanding I would not otherwise have. I'm very empathetic with my students because I know how difficult it can be to communicate in another language.

Teaching Approach

TRIAL/FIRST LESSON:

We will have a short test to see your level (speaking/comprehension/grammar)

then discuss about your learning objectives,

and see What you need to improve,

and How to improve your skills,

then Make a study plan that fit for your level.

ABOUT MY TEACHING STRUCTURE:

1- My teaching style is versatile and designed upon the students' goals/needs/interests/level/weakess.

2- I use differents material according to the students needs/level/weakness, so for that I've created my own teaching materials/methods to motivate and help my students being more involved with the language and make it more logical and easier to understand.